1917 in France
This is a list of events from 1917 in France .
Incumbents
Events
13 February – Dutch dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying for Germany.
9 April – Battle of Arras , a British Empire offensive, begins.
16 April – Second Battle of the Aisne begins, the main action of the French Nivelle Offensive .
26 April – The Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne , between France, Italy and the United Kingdom, to settle interests in the Middle East, is signed.
29 April – Architect of the Second Battle of the Aisne and French Commander-in-Chief , General Robert Nivelle , is dismissed and replaced on 15 May by Philippe Pétain .
3 May – 1917 French Army mutinies begin when the French 2nd Division refuses to follow orders to attack.
9 May – Second Battle of the Aisne ends in failure, leading to desertions.
27 May – 1917 French Army mutinies: French Army desertions turn to mutiny as up to 30,000 soldiers leave the front line and reserve trenches and return to the rear at Missy-aux-Bois .
16 May – Battle of Arras ends.
1 June – 1917 French Army mutinies: A French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois , and declares an anti-war military government. Other French army troops soon apprehend them.
8 June – 1917 French Army mutinies: French military authorities take action with mass arrests, followed by mass trials.
15 August – Battle of Hill 70 , an Anglo-Canadian offensive, starts on the outskirts of Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
25 August – Battle of Hill 70 ends.
15 October – Mata Hari is executed by firing squad at Vincennes for spying.
15 November – Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France.
20 November – Battle of Cambrai , a British campaign, begins. First successful use of tanks in a combined arms operation.
6 December – Battle of Cambrai ends.
Births
January to June
July to December
14 June – Gilbert Prouteau , poet (died 2012)
18 July – Henri Salvador , singer (died 2008)
25 July – Philippe De Lacy , actor (died 1995)
27 July – Bourvil , actor and singer (died 1970)
15 August – Philippe Viannay , journalist (died 1986)
17 August – Paul Tessier , surgeon (died 2008)
24 September – Jean Hermil , Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (died 2006)
20 October – Jean-Pierre Melville , filmmaker (died 1973)
22 October – Annette Laming-Emperaire , archeologist (died 1977)
30 October – Maurice Trintignant , motor racing driver (died 2005)
5 November – Jacqueline Auriol , aviator , holder of several world speed records (died 2000)
11 November – Madeleine Damerment , World War II heroine (executed) (died 1944)
19 November – Philippe Ragueneau , journalist and writer (died 2003)
22 November – Jean-Étienne Marie , composer (died 1989)
24 November – Maurice Lauré , creator of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) (died 2001)
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
4 January – Auguste Chauveau , professor and veterinarian (born 1827)
20 January – Amédée Bollée (Amédée père), bell-founder (born 1844 )
5 February – Édouard Drumont , journalist and writer (born 1844)
16 February – Octave Mirbeau , journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist and playwright (born 1848)
17 February – Carolus-Duran , painter (born 1837)
23 February – Jean Gaston Darboux , mathematician (born 1842)
26 February – Joseph Jules Dejerine , neurologist (born 1849)
16 March — Friedrich Manschott , German World War I flying ace (born 1893 in Germany )6 April — Friedrich Karl of Prussia , Prince of Prussia (born 1893 )10 April – Louis Édouard Fournier , painter (born 1857 )
7 May – Albert Ball , English fighter pilot (born 1896 in England )[ 1]
10 May – Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy , neurologist (born 1845)
25 May – René Dorme , World War I fighter ace (born 1894 ; killed in action)[ 2]
30 June – Antonio de La Gandara , painter and draughtsman (born 1861)
July to December
3 August – Stéphane Javelle , astronomer (born 1864 )
8 September – Charles-Edouard Lefebvre , composer (born 1843 )
20 September – Émile Boirac , philosopher (born 1851 )
27 September – Edgar Degas , artist (born 1834)
3 November – Léon Bloy , novelist , essayist , pamphleteer and poet (born 1846)
5 November – Henri Amédée de Broglie , nobleman (born 1849)
15 November – Émile Durkheim , sociologist (born 1858)
17 November – Auguste Rodin , sculptor (born 1840)
20 December – Lucien Petit-Breton , cyclist, winner of 1907 and 1908 Tour de France (born 1882)
Full date unknown
See also
References
^ "Albert Ball | British pilot | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 7 May 2022 .^ Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918 , pp. 151-152
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